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  Apple Must Allow Alternative Browser Engines on iOS by December Under Japan's New Mobile Software Competition Act

  Apple will be forced to allow browsers that do not function on the WebKit browser engine, under Japan’s Mobile Software Competition Act Guidelines. The country's regulator dubbed the Cupertino company’s practice as anti-competitive as it blocked other browsers to offer the same performance as Safari. This will essentially allow other web browse...

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  YouTube’s AI Age Estimation Model to Begin Rolling Out Next Week, Will Add Restrictions to Minor Accounts

  YouTube is now preparing to roll out its artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) age estimation tool. Announced in July, this tool uses several user activity metrics to determine the real age of the user. The streaming giant says this feature will better protect minors who have provided fake dates of birth while making their accounts...

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  Google Search's AI Mode Is Reportedly Rolling Out to Android Tablets

  Google is reportedly expanding its new artificial intelligence (AI) search experience, AI Mode, to Android tablets. As per the report, the Mountain View-based tech giant is rolling out AI Mode to the larger display devices with the latest update to the Google app. Tablets typically tend to get new features later than smartphones and desktop interfa...

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  Google AI Pro Plan Goes Free for a Year for Students in the US, Japan and More Countries

  Google on Wednesday announced an offer for university students in the US and more regions. It will provide a complimentary subscription to its AI Pro plan for a period of one year. The subscription will grant them access to Google’s advanced artificial intelligence (AI) features and tools across apps such as Gemini, Docs, Sheets, and NotebookLM. ...

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  Nothing's Essential Space Updated With Ability to Share Memories, Flip-to-Record Audio Clips

  Nothing Essential Space, the artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled hub for organising information, has now been updated with two new features. Triggered with the help of a dedicated AI button on the side, Essential Space allows users to quickly capture the information on the display to transcribe and summarise it.

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  Gemini's Storybook Feature Lets You Generate New Illustrated Books With Read-Aloud Narration

  Google added a new quality-of-life feature to its Gemini chatbot on Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can now generate custom illustrated storybooks based on text prompts, uploaded images or documents. Users can also specify the style of the artwork in the storybook, as well as instruct Gemini to use specific names of characters, se...

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  WhatsApp's Guest Chats Feature Could Enable Communication With Users Who Don't Have an Account

  WhatsApp is reportedly rolling out a new feature that will potentially allow users to message people who do not use the instant messaging service. The Meta-owned company is said to be releasing this new functionality as part of its Google Play Beta program for Android phones.

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  Truecaller to Discontinue Call Recording Feature on iPhones from September 30

  Truecaller will soon stop offering the call recording functionality on iPhone. The Swedish caller ID app re-introduced this ability on both Android and iOS platforms almost two years ago, following the prior discontinuation after Google cracked down on APIs designed for accessibility features related to voice calls. Instead, Truecaller will focus o...

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  Google Loses US Appeal Over App Store Reforms in Epic Games Case

  The San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, in a unanimous ruling, rejected claims from Google that the trial judge made legal errors in the antitrust case that unfairly benefited "Fortnite" maker Epic Games, which filed the lawsuit in 2020.

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  ChatGPT’s Shared Conversations Were Reportedly Discoverable on Google Search, OpenAI Calls It Experiment

  ChatGPT has a feature that allows users to create a URL of their conversation with the chatbot and share it with friends or colleagues. As per a report, some of these shared conversations were discoverable when running a query on search engines such as Google Search, Bing, or DuckDuckGo. To see these conversations, one reportedly needs to filter th...

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  Google India Proposes Allowing All Real-Money Games on Play Store That Claim ‘Game of Skill’ Status

  Google India has submitted a commitment proposal to the Competition Commission of India (CCI), suggesting a way to let more real-money games (RMGs) on the Play Store. The information comes from a notification issued by the country’s competition watchdog seeking comments or objections from the public and stakeholders over the suggested proposal.

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  Google to Release Age Assurance Tool to Detect Minor Users Pretending to be Adults

  Google plans to release an age assurance tool in the US that will assess whether an account is being used by a minor or an adult. On Thursday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced that it will be releasing this algorithm-based tool to a small set of users in the US in the coming weeks.

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  Google’s Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast Video Generation Models Now Generally Available to Developers via Vertex AI

  Google announced on Wednesday that the Veo 3 and Veo 3 Fast video generation models are now generally available to all developers on Vertex AI. These models were so far available in closed beta to only those developers who had registered for the artificial intelligence (AI) models. With this, the company is now letting everyone using the platform a...

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  Google Upgrades AI Mode With Search Live With Video Input, PDF Support and Canvas Feature

  Google is adding several new features to AI Mode in Search, the company’s latest artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search experience. On Tuesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced four new features to expand the usability of the tool. The most prominent inclusion is the expansion of Search Live, which will allow users to ask questio...

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  Google NotebookLM Gets a New Video Overviews Feature, Studio Panel Upgraded

  Google NotebookLM is getting another artificial intelligence (AI) feature to help users better understand complex topics. On Tuesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced the rollout of Video Overviews, a tool that can generate a visual narrative-focused overview from the sources. The new feature is aimed at complementing the existing Audio...